GitHub Integration connects GitHub with DevRev so that issues, statuses, and code changes stay in sync in real-time, driven entirely by your team's GitHub activity.
Engineering work happens in GitHub, but DevRev issues only reflect it when someone remembers to update them by hand. This snap-in links your branches, commits, and pull requests to DevRev issues and moves each issue through its stages as the code progresses. Your team gets an accurate, real-time view of engineering work without manual status updates.
Features
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Automatic issue stage updates: Mention a DevRev issue ID (for example, ISS-34) in a branch name, commit message, PR title, or PR body. The snap-in moves the issue from In Development to In Review to Closed as the pull request progresses.
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Code change tracking: Every pull request creates a code change object that records its status, author, reviewers, approvals, commits, timestamps, lines changed, and files modified. Each code change links directly to the DevRev issues it addresses.
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GitHub slash commands: Add /towards to a PR body to link the PR to an issue, or /close to close specific issues when the PR merges. Use /close #work to close every linked issue at once.
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Review tasks and inactivity reminders: Requested reviewers get a review task that closes when they submit their review. Inactive PRs trigger a reminder on the linked DevRev issue after a configurable number of days.
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Cross-repository engineering insights: Use saved views, filters, and natural-language queries on code change objects to surface review bottlenecks, cycle times, and work in progress across all repositories, with no manual reporting.
Installation
Click Install and follow the guided setup to connect your GitHub account. The snap-in comes with sensible defaults, and you can adjust its configuration to match your team's workflow. For setup details, see the [GitHub snap-in documentation](https://support.devrev.ai/en-US/devrev/article/ART-21980).